Store-service apparatus for twine



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A. J. CHASE.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS FOR TWINE. No. 373,881. Patented NOV. 29, 1887.

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STORE SERVICE APPARATUS FOR TWINE.

Patented Nov. 29,- 1887.

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ANDREW J. oHASE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS FOR TWINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,881, dated November 29, 1887.

Application filed July il, 1887. Serial No. 243,212. (No model.)

To aZZ whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. CHASE, of the city ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Store-Service Apparatus for Twine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for serving twine, from which the twine may be easily and rapidly withdrawn 'for use, and which is provided with a recoil mechanism by which the protruding end of the twine is automatically indrawn after the amount required for use has been detached therefrom. It is an improvement upon the mechanism set forth in the specification attached to my former application for a United States patent, Serial No. 216,103, filed October 13, 1886, allowed June 6, 1887, and patented July 5, 1887, No. 365,7 94.; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the recoil apparatus and of its inclosing-case, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4., Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of weight W and rider B. Fig. 7 is a vertical median section of the same on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the pulley, showing the rider seated on the weight W.

V A is a spool upon which the twine B is wound. It is provided at each end with a projecting spindle, a, and pin a, axially placed and rigidly attached to it. I One of the spindles a has a groove, a adapted to engage with the cord 0. The pins a a rest in slots at a of the frame, and thereby support the spool A,which is free to revolve upon them.

The frame consists of two side pieces, F F, each cut out at f to receive the spindles a a of the spool A. (See Fig. 5.) Those are connected by the pieces F and F at the back, by the bottom piece, F and by the piece F, placed just below the spool A. The metal front or head piece, F, has an opening, f, and is secured to the side pieces, F F. The lower portion of the front is covered by a piece, F", which is provided with a detachable frame, F. The back piece, F, is provided with screws, as shown, by which it may be attached to the wall 'or other convenient place. One of the side pieces, F, has a deep rectangular groove, G, out into it, extending vertically from top to bottom, and of sufficient width and depth to receive and inclose the weight W and rider It. To either side of the case is secured the side supports,'S S, which are each provided with a slot, a which receive the pins a a, and thereby support the spool A. The weight W has apulley, w, which is free to revolve on its axis w. It is supported in the annular recess formed between the grooved side piece, F, and the piece S by an endless cord, 0, which passes over the grooved spindle a of the spool A, and thence around the pulleywof the weight aforesaid. At a point,

0, of the cord is rigidly attached to it the rider R, which is preferably constructed, as shownin Fig. 6, and consists of a heavy upper portion, a", and of the two wings r T, which are adapted to embrace the weight W, as shown in Fig. 7, and form its lower portion. It may,

however, be constructed in any desired form.

A pin, P, extends across the upper portion of the groove G, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The frame F and space F are designed to hold a card or sign for advertising purpose, and preferably is secured to the back of the frame, which is then secured in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It may, however, be otherwise arranged, if so desired.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The cord O is caused to hug the groove a of the spindle a by the weight W, pendent from it, and when the twine is unreeled from the spool, and the spindle a is thereby revolved, sufficient friction will be created between the cord 1 and the groove a to raise the rider B. When, however, the rider has risen to the pin 1? and can no longer rise, the spindle awill slip w ithin the cord 0 as a further amount of twine is withdrawn from the spool A. When the amount of twine required has been detached and the end released, the rider B. will descend by its own weight and reseat itself upon the weight W, as shown in Fig. 7, and in so doing will wind up an amount of twine proportional to the length of the cord 0. When it is desired to remove the empty spool to rewind or to substitute a full one, the spool, cord, weight, and rider are lifted together and the cord removed from the groove in the spindle a and dropped, when it will be supported by the pin P, and may be easily recovered when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. In a store-service apparatus for twine, in combination, a spool or reel upon which the twine is wound and from which it is withdrawn for use, a drum or spindle rigidly attached thereto, having wrapped thereon an endless cord supporting a Weight. XV, substantially as a, in combination with the endless cord 0, weight 7, and rider R, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. As a mechanical device, in combination, the spindle a, the endless cord G, Wrapped thereon, the weight W, having a pulley, w, embraced by the cord 0 and supported thereby, and the rider It, rigidly attached to the cord 0, all operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the two subscribing 30 set forth. and a rider, R, rigidly attached to witnesses. the cord aforesaid and adapted to rise and T i fall with it as the said spool is revolved, snb- Ah DhEVv CHASE stantially as and for the purposes set forth. Vitnesses:

2. In a store-service apparatus for twine. \VARREN A. CHASE, the spool or reel A, having a grooved spindle, D. SHAW. 

